Category: cooking
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Bish’s Chicken Porridge for the Soul
Comfort foods’ health benefits should not be underrated. Traditional recipes especially because they have been handed down from generation to generation for a reason. Special guest blogger Bish writes: I’ve been crook most of the week, and as a result I ended up cooking one of my “comfort” foods, congee, or rice porridge. The thing…
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Bish’s Chicken Congee for the Soul
The health benefits of your favourite comfort foods should not be underrated. Traditional recipes especially because they have been handed down from generation to generation for a reason. Special guest blogger Bish writes: I’ve been crook most of the week, and as a result I ended up cooking one of my “comfort” foods, congee, or…
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Australian Beef
I find all the different cuts of beef a bit bewildering. To make matters worse they are called different name in different countries and then there are so many ways to cook with them. I am going to try and learn and share as much information as I can about this great animal because considering…
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Ben’s Brining Tips
Ben is over-talented at growing plants and raising animals for meat so he had to become an expert in cooking and preserving too :). Here he writes about brining meat: The brine I make can be used on all meats, I regularly use it for seafood (particularly fish I intend to smoke), poultry (chicken, turkey)…
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PK’s You..Can’t..Handle..The..Guac
I like anything with avocado in it so it is no surprise that I love my home made ‘guac’. If only because I use as much stuff from my kitchen garden as possible. I love anything that works well with ‘make your own combination’ meals like taco or nacho night. Every avocado lover probably has…
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The Easiest Guacamole
I like anything with avocado in it so it is no surprise that I love my home made ‘guac’. If only because I use as much stuff from my kitchen garden as possible. I love anything that works well with ‘make your own combination’ meals like taco or nacho night. Every avocado lover probably has…
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Bish’s Curry Nuts
We have a new special guest blogger and this guy know a lot about the web of life and the impact that feeding our population has on it. It is partly because of him that I realise we have a moral duty to ask where our food comes from and how it gets to us.…
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Lorelle B’s Stuffed Mushrooms
This reader submitted mushroom recipe is so good. Lorelle recommends changing the stuffing each time to keep it exciting. I love it and your guests will too. 🙂 – PK Ingredients: 4 large portabello mushrooms 8 slices of stale bread 2 Tbsp of plain flour 2 Tbsp of garlic chives 1/2 cup of grated parmesan…
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PK’s Slow Cooker Chicken Stock
This was the first time I have made my own stock. Up until this point I had thought it wasn’t worth the time and effort required. I couldn’t have been more wrong :). After a quick bit of prep I left it to its own devices overnight. In the morning I recovered the left over ingredients,…
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